From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,cd703a96ca51de6e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!news.cs.univ-paris8.fr!proxad.net!fdn.fr!news.wanadoo.fr!news.wanadoo.fr!not-for-mail Message-ID: <4399F9AA.8000909@obry.net> Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 22:39:54 +0100 From: Pascal Obry Organization: Home - http://www.obry.net User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: fr, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada To: ada_student@yahoo.com Subject: Re: 'Base References: <1134055303.758950.308680@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <2038690.eAzdaEvAON@linux1.krischik.com> <1134160956.403383.29180@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <1134160956.403383.29180@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit NNTP-Posting-Date: 09 Dec 2005 22:39:56 CET NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.120.22.158 X-Trace: 1134164396 news.wanadoo.fr 29223 82.120.22.158:2024 X-Complaints-To: abuse@wanadoo.fr Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:6803 Date: 2005-12-09T22:39:56+01:00 List-Id: ada_student@yahoo.com a �crit : > How can a statically typed language allow a type whose size is not > known at compile time? By using access type (pointers). > The Java array type certainly wins over Ada in this regard. Java uses pointers. No magic! Pascal. -- --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://www.obry.net --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination" --| --| gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key C1082595